Word: rule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...never to lose in a total of 13 contests-and served in the lower house for six terms, two of them as speaker. Then came ten years in the U.S. House and four in the Governor's mansion. As Governor, Herter won a reputation for clean, efficient, economical rule...
...cool during all of his arrests for civil disobedience. Indeed, said the court, Hallinan has the very "good moral character" that the bar examiners failed to see. And unlike them, the court refused to believe that civil disobedience automatically sacrifices "the right to enter a licensed profession." If that rule were followed, said the court, "we would deprive the community of the services of many highly qualified persons of the highest moral courage. This should not be done...
...college, rather than the fund-raising pros, must nail down the donors. Operating on the rough rule that 90% of most drive proceeds will come from 10% of the donors, schools work on their wealthiest friends first. Early announcements of big gifts often entice other affluent donors to follow suit, although the approach has its hazards. One Midwestern multimillionaire kept complaining when a college stalled its announcement of his $100,000 gift; school officers could not tell him that they had expected $10 million and feared his example would induce every potential $100,000 donor to scale down...
...Until there is some student organization on this campus that actually has some status, there's going to be trouble," McIntosh told the faculty last month. "The administration can continue to claim that they discipline justly and that existing rules are not ex cathedra but were actually written by students. But as long as Berkeley students have no access to rule-making, we have a legitimate complaint...
...voting procedure for overseers. The bill, field in December by two legislators, would make it possible for alumni to vote in overseer elections immediately after graduation; they are now required to wait for five years under a restriction passed by the General Court in 1865. The five year rule discourages participation by alumni, hurts fund raising attempts, and prevents those who know most about the college problems from electing the men who eventually rule on appointments and other important matters...